Name: Die Dreigroschenoper
Start: 2024-03-09
End: 2024-03-09
Location: Her Majesty's Theatre

Organization

Admin

Adelaide Festival

Stage director

Barrie Kosky

Conductor

Adam Benzwi

Set designer

Rebecca Ringst

Costume designer

Dinah Ehm

Lighting designer

Ulrich Eh

Sound designer

Holger Schwank

Dramaturge

Sibylle Baschung

Assistant Stage Director

Leonie Rebentisch

Assistant Conductor

Levi Hammer

Daniel Busch

Assistant Set designer

Annett Hunger

Janina Kuhlmann

Assistant Costumes Designer

Svenja Niehaus

Singer

Bass

Tilo Nest

Jonathan Jeremiah Peachum

Mezzo-soprano

Constanze Becker

Celia Peachum

Soprano

Cynthia Micas

Polly Peachum

Tenor

Gabriel Schneider

Macheath

Baritone

Kathrin Wehlisch

Jackie "Tiger" Brown

Laura Balzer

Lucy Brown

Bettina Hoppe

Jenny

Filch

Julia Berger

Escorts

Dennis Jankowiak

Julie Wolff

Nicky Wuchinger

Smith

Instrumentalist

Piano

Harmonium

James Scannell

Alto Saxophone

Clarinet

Flute

Piccolo

Doris Decker

Saxophone

Nathan Plante

Trumpet

Otwin Zipp

Trombone

Double Bass

Sebastian Trimolt

Drums

Ralf Templin

Guitar

Banjo

Makeup artist

Nana Gagel

Lena Hille

Friederike Reichel

Sebastian Scheinig

Thorsten Hoppe

Afrim Parduzi

German

Die Dreigroschenoper -  (The Threepenny Opera)

Adelaide

Australia

Her Majesty's Theatre

Die Dreigroschenoper Weill

Public

The Threepenny Opera

Samrat Sen

English

Approved

Barrie Kosky returns to Adelaide Festival with a masterpiece of 20th century music theatre – The Threepenny Opera. 

Written by Bertolt Brecht and Elisabeth Hauptmann with music by Kurt Weill, The Threepenny Opera was an overnight sensation following its premiere in Berlin in 1928. Here, the Berliner Ensemble is joined by former Adelaide Festival Artistic Director Barrie Kosky in a new production that demonstrates the piece’s timeless power. 
Set amongst the poverty, crime and corruption of London, The Threepenny Opera follows notorious criminal Macheath, a.k.a. Mack the Knife, his gang, enemies and lovers. It is both a biting satire of capitalism and a farcical story about love, betrayal and morality. 

Almost 100 years after it first scandalised audiences with its mix of sex, sin and anti-capitalist politics, The Threepenny Opera remains a powerful force. In the hands of Barrie Kosky and the Berliner Ensemble, its legendary songs and universal story are pulled into sharp focus with perfectly choreographed scenes, catchy hooks and a silver-spangled stage. 

Coming to Adelaide after hit seasons at the Berliner Ensemble and Edinburgh International Festival, don’t miss your only chance to see this dazzling production as it makes its Australian premiere.

The Threepenny Opera by Weill, Sat 09 Mar 2024, From (2024/2024), Directed by Barrie Kosky,, Conductor Adam Benzwi, Her Majesty's Theatre, Adelaide, Australia

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